Folding swing



Feb. 19, 1935. w, J, FQLEY 1,991,737

FOLDING SWING a5 A 5 L 84 80 '5% INVENTOR MLA/HM J.' Fam-Y ATTORNEY Feb. 19,' W J, FOLEY FOLDING SWING Filed Sept. 20, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 19, 1935 UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE FOLDING SWING William J. Foley, Bayonne, N. J.

Application September 20, 1933, Serial No. 690,204.

` 10 Claims. (Cl. 155-68) This invention relates to a folding swing. ends 36 and the tenons 42. The rear edges of the The object of the invention is the production inclined supporting arms 40 are connected by f a swing which can be easily folded when not the upper supporting cross brace 47'and the lower in use. supporting cross brace 48.

The second object of the invention is the pro- To the cross bar 45 is fastened the normally in- 5 duction of a swing, which the user thereof can clined seat back designated in its entirety by the easily start swinging, maintain the swinging of numeral 50. The seat back 50 comprises the northe swing and stop the same vwithout assistance. mally longitudinal inclined members 54 which are The third object of the invention is the pro-Y fastened to the cross bar 45. Cross braces 55 and duction of a folding swing which can be detach- 56 are connected to the members 54 at their rear 10 ably secured to a support. faces and the lower supporting brace 57 is con- The fourth fobject of the invention is the pronected to the front faces of the lower ends of duction of a swing, which can be detachably supthe inclined members 54.

ported from the head of a door frame andthe A seat 60 is indicated with its thickened front like. c end 61 and the rear rabbet end 62. Pivot 15 In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 represcrews 65 project from the sides of the seat 60,

sents a rear view partly broken away of an eX- and extend through the lower guide openings 23V emplication of the folding swing; Fig. 2 shows of the suspension bars 21. AWing nuts 66 engage a section of Fig. 1 on the line ,2, 2;` Fig. 3 indithe pivot screws 65 to maintain the seat 60 in ..0 cates a section of Fig. 1 as on the line 2, 2 with place. The rabbet end 62 of theseat 60 is adapt- 20 the swing in its folded positiom'Fig. 4 represents ed to bear on the supporting brace 57 or on the a section of Fig. 2 on the line 4, 4; Fig. 5 shows lower supporting cross brace 48. The seat 60 a second of the line 5, 5 of 2;` Fig. ,6 is a seccan be lowered from the position shown in the tion on the line 6, 6 of Fig.' 2; Fig. 7 represents a drawings, see Fig. 2, by unscrewing the wing bottom view of some details'of the swing and Fig. nuts 66, and'lowering the said seat, and in which 25 8 is a section on the line`8, 8 of Fig. 7. case the'pivot screws 65 will be lowered in the The improved folding swing is shown to comguide openings 23 and the rabbet end 62 will be prise, in this instance, the pair of iront suspenbrought to bear on the lower supporting cross sion bars 20, and the pair of rear suspension bars brace 48.

21. Each of the bars 2l is indicated with the An operating frame is designated in its entire- 30 elongated upper guide opening 22,v and the elonty by the numeral 70. The frame 70 comprises a gated lower guide opening 23. pair of arms 71 which are supported on the pivot At the upper end of each of the suspension bars bolt 72, and the end portions of the latter extend 20 and 21 is indicated an eyelet comprising the through openings in the suspension bars 20 to longitudinal members 26, which have integral pivotably support the handle frame 70. 35 therewith the hook ends 27. The members 26 at An operating handle bar 75 extends between their upper ends are connected by the cross memand is fastened to the arms 71. A cross brace 76 bers 28, which are substantially elongated in depth connects the outer edges of the suspension bars as indicated. Screw pivots 30 extend through 20 and the adjacent and outer ends of the arms the upper ends of the suspension bars 20 and 21, 71 normally bear up against the cross brace 76. 40 and the hook ends 27 engage said screw pivots. The lower ends of the suspension bars 2O and Upper cross bars 32 connect the suspension bars 21 have extending therethrough the pivot cross 20 Vand 21 and lower cross bars 33 connect the bolts 78 having the nuts 79 in threaded engagesuspension bars 21. ment therewith. A foot platform is designated Normally horizontal arms 35 have the bifurcatin its entirety by the numeral 80. The foot plat- 45 ed outer ends 36, and from their other ends exform comprises the supporting bars 84which tend' the pivots 37, which latter engage `the elonhave their ends supported on the bolts 78. Foot gated openings 22. l plates are supported upon and fastened to the Normally inclined supporting arms 40, at their supporting bars 84. 50 lower ends are pivoted to the suspension bars 21, The upper member of a door frame or swing 50 by means of the pivots 41, and at their upper ends support is indicated by the numeral 86 with its have integral therewith the tenons 42, which are door stop 87, its lower face 88 and side faces 89. seated in the bifurcated ends 36. Hooks 90 extend from the side faces 89. U shaped A cross bar 45 has extending from its ends the metallic supporting brackets 91 are fastened to 55 pivots 46, which extend through the bifurcated the member 86 at its lower face 88. Each of the 5 5 supporting brackets 91 comprises the plate 92, from which extend the feet 93 that are fastened to the member 86, by means of screws 94. In each of the plates 92 is indicated an elongated opening 96, which joins with a circular opening 97.

A suspension frame is designated in its entirety by the numeral 100.

The suspension frame 100 comprises the longitudinal members 102. Supporting hooks 103 extend from the members 102. A central cross member 105 having the recesses 106, the outer cross members 108 and the stop cross member 110 are fastened to the longitudinal member 102. Inclined openings 114 are indicated in the outer cross members 108 and bolts 115, having the eyelets 116 and the nuts 117 extend through the inclined openings 114. Rings 118 extend through the eyelets 116. Clamping bolts 120 are indicated with the recesses 121 and the heads 122, which latter are smaller in diameter than the circular openings 97 of the plates 92. The bolts 120 eX- tend through the central cross member 105 and the openings of the plates 92. A wing nut 124 is provided for each of the bolts 120.

To locate the suspension frame 100 in operative position, the recesses 106 of the cross member 105 are brought to bear against the lower faces of the plates 92, and the cross member 110 is brought to bear against one of the side faces 89 of the member 86. The rings 118 are engaged with the hooks 90. The bolts 120 are connected to the plates 92 by rst extending their heads 122 through the circular openings 97 and are then ment of said eyelets from the supporting hook 103;`

To disengage the suspension frame 100 from the member 86 of the door frame, the wing nuts 124 are slightly unscrewed from the clamping bolts 120 and said bolts are moved in the elongated openings 96 of the plate 92 until the heads 122 are in line with the circular openings 97. The nuts 117 are slightly unscrewed, the rings 118 are disengaged from the hooks 90 and the suspension frame 100 can then be lowered from the member 86.

The user of the swing is seated on the seat 60 with his feet bearing on the foot plates 85, and to start the swing bears on the operating handle bar 75, which will tilt the foot platform 80 with its foot plates 85 and start the swing to swing. The user intermittently repeats bearing on the handle bar 75 to keep the swing swinging. To stop the swing, the user grasps the handle bar 75. If desired the seat 60 can be lowered from the position indicated plainly in Fig. 2, by slightly unscrewing the wing nuts 66 of the screws 65, and engaging the rabbet end 62 withthe upper edge of the lower supporting cross brace 48.

It will be noted that when the swing is disconnected from the suspension frame 100, the said swing can be folded as indicated in Fig. 3. To fold the swing the pivots 37 are caused to slide up the guide openings 22 and the horizontal arms 35 will swing on the pivots 46, also the inclined supporting arms 40 will swing on the pivots 41. At the same time the suspension bars 21 will Swing on their pivot cross bolts 78 and the supporting bars 84 Will swing on their pivot bolts 78.

Various modifications may be made in the invention and the present exemplification is to be taken as illustrative and not limitative thereof.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a swing the combination of a pair of front suspension bars and a pair rofrear suspension bars, means to swingingly support the upper ends of the suspension bars, a foot platform pivotally connected to the lower ends of the suspension bars, a cross brace connecting the outer edges of the pair of front suspension bars, an operating frame comprising a pair of arms, said arms pivotally connected to the pair of front suspension bars, an operating handle connecting said arms, the outer ends of the arms of the operating frame normally bearing up against said cross brace and a seat detachably connected to the pair of rear suspension bars adapted `to be secured toY said rear suspension bars at various levels, the user of the swing when bearing on said operating handle tilting the foot platform andswinging the swing.

2. In a swing the combination of a pair of front suspension bars and a pair of rear suspension bars, said rear suspension bars each having an elongated upper guide opening and a lower elongated guide opening. a foot platform in pivotal connection with the lower ends of the suspension bars, a normally inclined supporting arm in pivotal connection with the lower portion of each of said rear suspension bars, an upper supportingv cross brace connecting the rear edges of said normally inclinedsupporting arms, a pair of normally horizontal arms, each having its front end in pivotal'engagernentrwith one of the elongated guide openings of said rear suspension bars, a seat back in pivotal engagement with the rear ends of said normally horizontal arms andthe upper ends of said normally inclined supporting arms, a lower supporting brace connected to the seat back at its front face and a seat having its front end in pivotal connection with the lower elongated openings of said rear suspension bars, the rear end of said seat adapted to bear on the lower supporting brace of said seat back and said seat back adapted to bear on the upper supporting brace of said inclined supporting arms.

3. In a swing the combination of a pair of front suspension bars and a pair of rear suspension bars, the latter having each an elongated opening, means to connect the lower ends of the suspension bars, inclined `supporting arms connected to the rear suspension bars, an upper and a lower supporting cross brace connecting said inclined arms, a seat back in'connection with said inclined arms, a supporting brace connected to the seat back at its front face and a seat having its front end in detachable connection with the upper ends of the elongated openings of said rear suspension bars, with its rear end adapted to bear on the supporting brace of said seat back, and the front end of said seat adapted to be supported in the lower ends of the openings of said rear suspension bars and the rear end of said seat also adapted tobem: on the lower supporting cross brace of said inclined arms. Y

4. In a swing the combination of a pair of front suspension bars Vand a pair of rear suspension bars, the latter each having an elongated guide opening, a foot platform connected to the lower ends of the suspension bars, inclined supporting arms, means to connect the inclined arms to said rear suspension bars, an upper and a lower supporting cross brace connecting the rear edges of said inclined arms, a. seat back in pivotal connection with said inclined arms, a supporting brace connected to the seat back at its front face, and a seat having its front end in detachable pivotal connection with the upper ends of the elongated openings of said rear suspension bars with the rear end adapted to bear on the supporting brace of the seat back, and the front end of said se-at adapted to be pivotally supported in the lower ends of the openings of said rear suspension bars, and the rear end of said seat also adapted to bear on the lower supporting cross brace of said inclined arms.

5. In a swing the combination of a pair of iront suspension bars and a pair of rear suspension bars, the latter having each an upper elongated guide opening and a lower elongated guide opening, a foot platform connected to the lower ends of the suspension bars, a normally inclined supporting arm connected to the lower portion of each rear suspension bar, an upper supporting cross brace connecting the rear edges of said inclined supporting arms, a pair of normally horizontal arms, each having its front end in pivotal engagement with one of the elongated upper guide openings in said rear suspension arms, a cross bar having its ends in pivotal connection with said normally horizontal arms and the upper ends of said inclined supporting arms, a seat back fastened to said cross brace, a supporting brace connected to the seat back at its iront face and a seat having its front end in detachable pivotal connection with the lower elongated openings of said rear suspension bars and the rear end of said seat adapted to bear on the supporting brace of said seat back, and said seat back adapted to bear on the upper supporting brace of the inclined supporting arms.

B. In a swing the combination or" a pair of front suspension bars and a pair of rear suspension bars, said rear suspension bars having each an elongated upper guide opening and an elongated lower guide opening, an operating frame in pivotal connection with said front suspension bars, a foot platform in pivotal connection with the lower ends oi the suspension bars, a normally inclined supporting arm in pivotal connection with the lower portion of each of said rear suspension bars, an upper supporting cross brace connecting the rear edges of said normally inclined supporting arms, a pair of normally horizontal arms, each having its front end in pivotal engagement with one of the elongated upper guide openings of said rear suspension bars, a cross bar having its ends in pivotal connection with the rear ends of said normally hori- Zontal arms and the upper ends of said normally inclined supporting arms, a seat back comprising a plurality of normally longitudinal inclined members, cross braces connecting the rear faces of said members, a supporting brace connecting the front faces of said members at their lower portions, and a seat hav'mg its front end in pivotal connection with the elongated lower openings of said rear suspension bars, and the rear end of said seat adapted to bear on the supporting brace connecting the front faces of the members of the seat back, said members of the scat back adapted to bear on the upper supporting brace of the inclined supporting arms.

7. In combination 'a swing, a suspension frame, means to swingingly connect the swing to said suspension frame, Vsaid suspension frame comprising a pair of longitudinal members, a pair of outer cross members connecting the longitudinal members of the suspension frame, a central cross brace connecting the said longitudinal members of the suspension frame, a swing support, a pair of U shaped supporting brackets depending from the swing support and means to detachably connect said central cross brace to said U shaped supporting brackets.

8. In combination, a swing, a suspension frame, means to swingingly connect the swing to said suspension frame, said frame comprising a pair of longitudinal members, a pair of outer cross members and a central cross brace connected to the said longitudinal members of the suspension frame at the upper faces of said longitudinal members, a swing support, a pair of U shaped supporting brackets depending from the swing support, means to detachably connect said central cross brace to said U shaped supporting brackets and means to detachably connect said outer cross members to said swing support.

9. In a swing the combination of means for suspending said swing from the header of a door frame or other support in which the header bar is provided with a depending stop member, said means including a suspension frame and means to swingingly connect the swing to said suspension frame, said frame comprising a pair of longitudinal members, a central cross member and lateral cross members parallel to and spaced from said central cross member, and means for detachably connecting said central cross member to the header bar with one of the lateral cross members bearing against a side face of said stop member.

l0. In a swing the combination ci o.. par of front suspension bars and a pair of rear suspension bars, means toy swingingly support the upper ends of said suspension bars, a foot platform pivotally connected to the lower ends of the suspension bars, a cross brace connected to the pair of front suspension bars, and a handle frame pivotally connected to the pair of front suspension bars adjacent to and below said cross brace, for the operator of the swing to bear upon and thereby tilt the said foot platform to an inclined position to swing the swing.

WILLIAM J. FOLEY. 

